Car-seal



F. STRAHM.

CAR SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. le. 1920.

1,375,025, y Patented Apr; 19,1921.

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FREDERICK STRAI'IIVI, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

onnsnanistanza.

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern.' Y

Be it known that l, FREDERICK STRAHM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas, State of Kansas, have invented certain newv and useful improvements in Car-Seals; and I` action but which can be readily broken y when it is desired to remove the seal, the

construction being such that the device cannot be opened without detection.

Another object resides in the peculiar manner in which the parts are constructed whereby the ribbon is securely attached to the housing to permit easy insertion of one end of the ribbon into engagement with the locking tongue, and to prevent the p arts being separated without the fact being apparent. Y

Other objects and advantages will be ape parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:` Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation proved car seal. Y

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. f

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal seo'- tional view through the locking portion of the seal, on the line 3-4-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4l is a transverse sectional view through the locking portion of the device, on the line 4:-4 of Fig. 2. Y

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lock* ing portion of the seal, the housing being shown in the position before being crimped around the end of the ribbon.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the ribbon of the seal which is formed from any suitablermaterial, and has an elongated angular opening in one end portion, as shownA at 11, while the other end is formed with a similar opening 12. Each end of the ribbon has formed in its opposite edges the notches 13. Formed in theffirst-named end ofthe ribof the im- 'i bon 10, outwardly of the opening 11,'is anl Specication of Letters Patent. Patgntgd Apu 19, 1921.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,298.

out'thetwo tongues 15 and 16.` The former tongue is vshorter than the latter, and both Y tongues are curvedV outwardly beyond the upper face of the ribbon,r as vclearly seen in Fig. 5. The shorter tongue has its free end directed toward the lower face of the free end of the longer tongue for a purpose which will presently appear. Disposed beneath the last-named'end of the strip 1() is one wing or leaf of an angular plate 17, said wing having a pair of longitudinal tongues 18 struck out therefrom and passed through the opening 11 and bent down on the upper face of the end of the ribbon 10. rThis holds the end of the strip against detachment from the plate 17. It will be noted that the edge of the wing to which the ribbon is attached extends a short distance beyond the edge of the strip 10. The

other wing of theV plate 17 is slightly longer than the first-mentioned wing, so that said other wing, when bent down to overlie the end of the ribbon, may have its free edge crimped with'the projecting edge of the rst wing, as shown at 1S. yTo distinguish the wings the first is designatedfas 17 and the second as 17 The wing 17 immediately over the bent up tongues 15 and 16, is struck out or pressed out to forni an external boss 19 and the internal recess receiving the ends of the tongues, as clearly seen in the sectional view Fig. 3. Y

' When the wing 17 is crimped'with the wing 17', the former wing is placed in l spaced relation to the adjacent flat face of the ribbon 10 so that thereV will be formed a slot'21, between the ends of the wing 17 and the end of the ribbon for insertion of `Vtheother end of the ribbon therethrough.

j When the outer or free end .of the `ribbon is pushed through the slot 21, into the housing formed by the plate 17, it will flex the longer tongue 16 until the portion vof the wardly to a slight degree, the end of the i ribbon will pass between the ends of the Vtwo tongues, and said ribbon end engage beneath the shorter tongue. The end of the ribbon is thus secured within the housing,

and any Yattempt to slide the ribbon in either direction will result in the longer tongue passing farther through theopening '712, or ythe shorter tongue engaging with the end of Thus the ends o the ribbon To remove the seal, the ribbon may be readily torn or broken between the opposite notches 13. f

What is Claimed is:

A car seal comprising a ribbon having an opening in one end, a .pair of struck up tongues in said end outwardly of the opening and extending longitudinally .of the strip in overlapping relation, the other end of the ribbon having an opening for the reception of one of said tongues, and a plate bent on its longitudinal median line and having an opening therein, formed by strik- 15 ing a pressed out recess receiving the ends 20 of the tongues.

- In testimony whereof, I aix myv signa'- ture7 in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

FREDERICK STRAHM.

lVitnesses RAYMOND F. RICE, JOHN T. SKINNER. 

